Ministry of Tourism (Greece)


The Ministry of Tourism is the government department in charge of tourism in Greece. Established in 1989 and known between 2004 and 2009 as the Ministry of Touristic Development, it was merged with the Ministry of Culture in October 2009 but re-established as a separate department in June 2012. It was subsequently subsumed under the Ministry of the Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism between January and September 2015 and the restructured Ministry of the Economy, Development and Tourism in September 2015, before being restored as a distinct ministry on 5 November 2016. The incumbent minister is :el: Χάρης Θεοχάρης|Haris Theoharis of New Democracy.

Ministers for Tourism (since November 2016)

Alternate Ministers for Tourism (2015–2016)

Minister for Tourism (2012–2015)

NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeParty
Olga Kefalogianni21 June 201227 January 2015New Democracy

Ministers for Touristic Development (2004–2009)

NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeParty
Dimitris Avramopoulos18 March 200415 February 2006New Democracy
Fani Palli-Petralia15 February 200619 September 2007New Democracy
Aris Spiliotopoulos19 September 20077 January 2009New Democracy
8 January 20097 October 2009New Democracy